Tag: Invitation to the Waltz

February 16, 2020

Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann

Invitation to the Waltz is a short novel which was first published in 1932 and written by Rosamond Lehmann, an overlooked yet clearly talented author. The narrative takes place over the course of two days: the day of Olivia Curtis’ seventeenth birthday and the day in which, together with her older sister Kate and a…
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